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"(transitive) To scold someone."
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"To introduce someone to something."
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"(ditransitive, informal) To introduce someone to something."
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"text": "Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together.",
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, onto."
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"To scold someone."
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"(transitive) To scold someone."
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"text": "My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks.",
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"To introduce someone to something."
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"(ditransitive, informal) To introduce someone to something."
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"text": "Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together.",
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"ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90",
"text": "Get onto the bloke with the face fringe.",
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"To take a look at someone or something."
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"(informal) To take a look at someone or something."
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, onto."
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"sense": "to move onto an object",
"word": "board"
},
{
"sense": "to connect to a network",
"word": "log on"
},
{
"sense": "to scold",
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"sense": "move onto an object",
"word": "mennä kyytiin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contact a person or organisation",
"word": "ottaa yhteys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "connect to the Internet or a network",
"word": "yhdistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scold someone",
"word": "läksyttää"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "introduce someone to something",
"word": "saada aloittamaan"
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